Storyteller and Artist in Life

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To give is to receive.
To love is to be loved.
The balance is always there.
Many choose not to recognize it.
To align with the balance is complete and total freedom.
Freedom to be yourself.
Your authentic self.

To give is to receive.
The gift is the giving.
The rules of money often obstruct the giving.
The rules of money can be re-written.

To give is to receive.
Giving can appear in many forms.
Giving can be in a loving thought.
Giving can be intentionally sending loving energy.
Giving can be doing a favour.
Giving can be an act of kindness.
Giving can be a service.
In the world today, giving can be simply being your truest, most authentic self.
Speaking your truest, most authentic loving message.

Giving can be playing in your most authentic self.
Simply having fun.
Some were taught that this is selfish.
But serving yourself is a gift.
A gift in your example.
A model to others.
Selfish is a word that holds little truth.
Self-loving is an art … and a science.
Self-love is an art … and a science.
To express yourself is to love yourself.

Expression can come in many forms.
Expression can be thoughts to yourself.
Expression can be written words.
Expression can be pictures drawn.
Pictures painted.
Photographs taken.
Songs sung.
Songs played on a variety of instruments.
The human voice is an important instrument.

To give is to receive.
A paradox … of Beautiful Truth.

(Phone rings and rings during the live transmission.)
Every time the phone rings, there is a choice.
Feel into that choice.
This is true for every stimulus that comes into your awareness.
The choice of how to respond to that stimulus.
Whether it be a sound, a smell, a sight.
The world is alive with … Perceptions.
The five physical senses.
But other senses also.
We each play our role.
We each choose our alignment.
How to use our awareness.
It is a choice.
Freedom … is available … to everyone.

(Exactly 20 minutes, cut off. Was done. I felt the blend leave suddenly. Sat and noticed thoughts entering. At 23 minutes, stopped. Checked video. It had stopped at 20 min. Speech started at 9 minutes. It is transcribed above without editing. Came out fluidly mostly 1 or 2 sentences at a time. Short pauses between. It was not rushed. Very typical of how my poem-style writings come down. My habit is to dictate into my ipad note. This is less efficient but I can be in a deeper trance. Will keep experimenting.)

A big message I have repeatedly received is to include Raw Data. Do not attempt to interpret for others. Allow them to have their own experience. Discern for themselves. Notice I did not choose the word judge? It was by design.
I recorded this message transmission as homework from my Mentor in Mediumship. We had just completed a session. I started recording this Raw Data within 10 minutes of my session with my Arthur Findlay College Tutor. I uploaded the video privately onto the brand new Beautiful Truth You Tube Channel. It feels very private but may be released at a future date if it served in some way.
During our session my Tutor was inspired to read an excerpt from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran. The introduction of the theme of Giving. By chance, the message was aligned to a part of our prior discussion.
The Excerpt he read:

Then said a rich man, Speak to us of Giving.
And he answered:
You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
For what are your possessions but things you keep and guard for fear you may need them tomorrow?
And tomorrow, what shall tomorrow bring to the over prudent dog burying bones in the trackless sand as he follows the pilgrims to the holy city?
And what is fear of need but need itself?
Is not dread of thirst when your well is full, the thirst that is unquenchable?

There are those who give little of the much which they have–and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome.
And there are those who have little and give it all.
These are the believers in life and the bounty of life, and their coffer is never empty.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
And there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism.
And there are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue;
They give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space.
Through the hands as such as these God speaks, and from behind their eyes
He smiles upon the earth.
(My Mentor stopped here but the verse continues below.)

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; And to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving. And is there aught you would withhold? All you have shall some day be given; Therefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors’.

You often say, “I would give, but only to the deserving.” The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish. Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and his nights, is worthy of all else from you. And he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream. And what desert greater shall there be, than that which lies in the courage and the confidence, nay the charity, of receiving? And who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride, that you may see their worth naked and their pride unabashed? See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrument of giving. For in truth it is life that gives unto life–while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.

And you receivers–and you are all receivers–assume no weight of gratitude, lest you lay a yoke upon yourself and upon him who gives. Rather rise together with the giver on his gifts as on wings;For to be over-mindful of your debt, is to doubt his generosity who has the free-hearted earth for mother, and God for father.
END

I received The Prophet as a gift on my 21st Birthday from my dear friend and roommate at the time. I was reminded upon reading the inscription on the first page! I read it then. I feel I am perceiving it differently today. Interesting.

Freshly enamored with the compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven.Bagatelle Opus 119 Played on Piano by Valery Affanasiev

The Catch-22 of our times:
When using the linear, logical thinking style within the mind, the focus can be so narrow that the proof cannot fit into it.
The proof is all around us.
Yet most are not attuned to perceive it.
Hence, forever limited within a subset of human capability.
It is optimal to recognize that linear, logical thinking has a place in our world.
That place holds much limitation.
To fully access human capabilities, one is best served by being able to interact with the world using intuitive thinking also.
An alternate operating system.
Wider perspectives.
Broader capabilities.
The road to self-actualization is via nonlinear, nonlogical thinking pathways.
The road to human optimization is a magical one.
Magic is simply truth that is not optimally perceived.
Quantum.
A paradox.
Two seemingly opposite ideas both being true simultaneously.

The first step to optimally integrate this:
Appreciate that understanding is optional.
To understand is not required.
Needing to understand every detail is the most effective way to maintain the limited, logical mindset and prevent a more limitless existence.
Paradox feels the best word to describe this Catch-22.
Quagmire.
Dilemma.
Contradiction.
“No-win situation”.
Truly any situation can be a win-win …
If one envisions it, then chooses it.

Intention.
True intention to see optimally is another fantastic first step choice.
The logical, scientific mind commonly found in today’s power circles has conveniently set aside some important foundations within their own chosen mindset.
Most importantly: to question assumptions.
When did we stop questioning assumptions?
Why did we stop questioning assumptions?
Are we ready to ask optimal questions about our challenging problems?
Are we ready to hear, optimally hear, answers that serve the highest good for all?
How do we handle it when the answers do not match our perceived best interests?
How do we feel safe and secure when the answers challenge our coping mechanisms?
We cope with the universal wounds, templates, of unworthiness, lack of safety, lack of abundance.
Illusions.
Very. Convincing. Illusions.

We have been trained to fear uncertainty.
To the point where we prefer the cage.
Because we have grown accustomed to how we are treated in the cage.
To step out of the cage, the door has been open our entire life, feels uncertain.
Uncertainty tends to breed either fear or excitement.
Our thinking patterns developed via our family, our religious teachings, our community, our vocational training. The list goes on.

Be aware.
The path of human optimization rests on the ability to transform … transmute the fear of uncertainty into the excitement of possibility.

When there is a will, there is always a way.
Where there is a will, there is always a way.
There is a way.

Most of us are unaware of our power to create our experiences.
We have been templated to give our power away.
We have tended to think about our life backwards.
Not uncommon to believe our self is a reflection of our experiences.
What if our experiences are a reflection of our consciousness?
I believe this is the case.
It is common to misinterpret, fail to understand our own responsibility in our experiences.
A subtle shift in focus can have a big impact.
Rather than telling a play-by-play of our experience, it will be more powerful to focus on what we want in our experience.
What within our experience matches our desires and dreams?
Take notice. That is an optimal thing to talk about.
Ask: “Am I seeing my situation clearly?”
“Am I seeing my situation optimally?”
It is far better to not think about your present situation at all than to talk about the elements that do not match your desires and dreams.
Choose your focus.
It sounds almost too simple to be true.
It is simple.
It is true.

Leave the questions unanswered.
Be willing to not know.
These are very difficult questions.
In a way.

To ask the questions with no desire to answer those questions is a powerfully creative state of mind.
Keep asking questions.
What could I do to understand my situation more clearly?
What could I do to understand my situation optimally?
How could I optimize the way I interpret my situation?
Is there someone I could collaborate with who might give me a valuable perspective to consider?
Remember… Leave the questions unanswered.
This generates a state of allowing the shifts into, or at least closer to, the dream.OR
Simply keep dreaming up how you want your situation to be.
Dream up how you want your situation to feel.
Dream up how you want to live your life.
Dream up the type of people who you would share your life with.
To be specific might be suboptimal.
Might just as well be optimal.
To honor and respect the free will of everyone else is a more harmonious path.
Commonly, we do get attached to specific people.
No problem.
Keep an eye on how that works for you.
Martyrdom is so last millenium.

Watch carefully for inspiration towards fulfilling the dream … the dreams.
The tiniest step.
The most subtle of inspirations.
Guides you in the right direction.

Might ask:
Do I feel like I am on the right path now?
Could this be a step in the direction of fulfilling my life purpose?
An implication here is that you have aligned with your life’s purpose.
And if you have not yet aligned with your life purpose,
Focusing your questions and attention on the important discovery of your life purpose is optimal.BEFORE … Anything. Else.
It might be easier said than done.
Choices. Choices.

The bottom line is:
Get off of your own back.
Get out of your own way.
Be aware of how you are telling your story.
Are you creating a story that is sabotaging your dreams?
For your sake.
I hope not.

How We Create Our Own Stories….. By Sarah Johnson.
While watching, I stopped the video and dictated the above into my ipad while sitting in the sun on my back deck.
Sarah encourages us to consider how we tell our story.
I had been toying with this already.
Came to nearly identical conclusions.
This may be an oversimplification.
Yet worth a thought.
Engineering a life.
A big task.
Fun. Fulfilling. Challenging. Etc.
…when you are intending it optimally.
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